Package tariffs on mobile communication in Russia has risen for six months 35% – Interfax

Moscow. 2 Nov. INTERFAX.RU – the cost of the bundled tariffs for mobile communication (mobile Internet 1 GB data and voice) grew up in Russia for the last 6 months by 35% to 274.8 a ruble in October of this year, with 203.2 ruble in April, follows from the results of the research, information-analytical Agency Content Review and OJSC “VimpelCom” availability of cellular communication in the Russian regions.

the study notes that the number of regions of Russia, including St. Petersburg and Moscow, where the tariffs for mobile communications have remained below the national average, decreased from 49 to 17. The highest rates in ruble terms was in the Chukotka Autonomous district, Khabarovsk and Kamchatka territories, Volgograd and Magadan regions.

According to the researchers, the Russian average level of availability of cellular communication is 8.2 percentage points (PP). Among the regions with the most available mobile communication related Tyumen oblast (3.9 p. p., growth by 0.7 p. p.), Moscow (4 percentage points, a decline of 0.2 percentage points), Irkutsk oblast (4,4 p. p., growth by 0.4 p. p.), Yakutia (4,4 p. p., growth by 0.1 p. p.) and Sakhalin oblast (4,5 p. p., growth by 0.9 p. p.).

the number of Russian regions with the least available mobile communication related Bryansk oblast (12 percentage points, a decline of 0.3 p. p.), Dagestan (12 PP, a reduction of 0.2 p. p.), Volgograd (12,6 percentage points, an increase of 3.5 p. p.), Saratov (12,8 percentage points, an increase of 1.8 p. p.) and Kirov (12,8 percentage points, a decline of 0.5 p. p.) region.

the Index of accessibility of mobile communication is calculated as the ratio of the average cost rate for a specific region to the average income of the population (according to Rosstat RF). The lower the index, the more affordable the region’s mobile communications. When calculating the average cost rate was considered the most affordable package tariffs of the “big four” for mobile communications for the prepaid system, which includes a minimum of 1 GB of mobile Internet and voice calls.

“the Dynamics of the index of the link availability depends on the change of income of the population, – said the head of the Content Review Sergey Polovnikov, the words of which are presented in the study. – Operators prefer to change the cost of fares and content. In fact, some operators do tariffs with a low monthly fee, but with lots of packages that do not meet its volume requirements of customers.” According to him, in the rating calculation had not taken into account a number of tariffs, where subscribers were offered only 500 MB.